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The Pit and the Pendulum Overview:

The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) was a Horror - Thriller/Suspense Film directed by Roger Corman and produced by Roger Corman, Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson.

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Silver Screen Standards: The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

By Jennifer Garlen on Jun 20, 2024 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) When Roger Corman died on May 9, 2024, at the impressive age of 98, his passing marked the end of a brilliant cinematic career that began in the 1950s and continued for more than 70 years. I’ve been a fan of Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe films ever since I first dis... Read full article

Classic Films in Focus: THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM (1961)

By Jennifer Garlen on Oct 22, 2014 From Virtual Virago

The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) rambles far afield of the original story by Edgar Allan Poe, even for a Roger Corman adaptation, but that doesn't prevent it from being an entertaining horror film. With Vincent Price and Barbara Steele both giving memorable performances and a gruesome story of adulte... Read full article

Classic Films in Focus: THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM (1961)

By Jennifer Garlen on Oct 22, 2014 From Virtual Virago

The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) rambles far afield of the original story by Edgar Allan Poe, even for a Roger Corman adaptation, but that doesn't prevent it from being an entertaining horror film. With Vincent Price and Barbara Steele both giving memorable performances and a gruesome story of adulte... Read full article

Classic Films in Focus: THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM (1961)

By Jennifer Garlen on Oct 22, 2014 From Virtual Virago

The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) rambles far afield of the original story by Edgar Allan Poe, even for a Roger Corman adaptation, but that doesn't prevent it from being an entertaining horror film. With Vincent Price and Barbara Steele both giving memorable performances and a gruesome story of adulte... Read full article

The Pit and the Pendulum

By RBuccicone on Oct 21, 2011 From MacGuffin Movies

The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)      I think I’m safe in saying that no actor was more familiar with the work –or the loosely interpreted work– of Edgar Allen Poe than Vincent Price. The man made nearly a dozen movies based on this master author’s works. This saddens me, ... Read full article

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The Pit and the Pendulum Quotes:

Elizabeth: [shouting Don Medinas name causing him to fall down the stairs] Nicholas!
Catherine: No one will ever enter this room again.
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The Pit and the Pendulum Facts
The film never had an original prologue. It was added when the film was sold to TV and a further few minutes were required to pad out the running time. Only Luana Anders from the original cast was available so an extra scene of her in a madhouse was filmed and tacked on to the beginning. This scene does not really tie in with the rest of the film.
To increase the pendulum's sense of deadly menace, director Roger Corman took out every other frame during the editing stage making the blade appear to move twice as fast.
The pendulum was made out of wood and had a rubber blade.
This film was shot in fifteen days.
This was the second of Roger Corman's "Poe" films. He had intended to do "The Masque of the Red Death" but felt that it was too close to the content of Ingmar Bergman's recent Det sjunde inseglet (US title: "The Seventh Seal"). Several years later Corman would go to England to make The Masque of the Red Death.
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